Because I certainly do. Everytime something that I brought all the way to guru 2 magically slips out of my head long enough to fall back down to apprentice 1, tears start coming up, and I feel broken and miserable.
It happens a lot lately. Nearly 5 months and I know the torture has only started.
I mean this should be simple, just remembering some funny symbols and what they mean, how hard can it be?
Iāve failed āAbsent from schoolā again today, Iāve done this word 88 times now, I know the meaning, i know the reading, but I only notice that it is that damned word once iāve pressed enter.
Itās funny because everytime I push a word to enlightened, I feel almost relieved, but iām pretty sure 99% of them will come back and Iāll drop them back down to apprentice 1 instead of burning them like a normal personā¦
You might think that I donāt cry anymore since Iām level 60ā¦ Youād think itās all over after level 60, but donāt let yourself get fooled. Itās all a lieā¦
To remember the words better, you have to get yourself out into the wild and start trying to read things written for natives. Donāt wait to finish wanikani before you try. Get yourself a kids book written for a 3-year old, the kind with all kana and just animal kanji. Read it. Then get another. Read it too. Once you get comfortable with the grammar and vocab in books oriented for 3 year olds, get some for four year olds. Read them until you feel comfortable, then move on.
To tell you the truth, Wanikani is most effective for people who come in already knowing the vocab but just not knowing the kanji.
No tears, but I have been known to let slip a āJapanese has no redeeming features as a languageā or two whenever i get stumped by some obscure alternative reading for a kanji.
I use the counter in the top right as an indicator. If Iām below 95% on there (about 90% in terms of words), itās time to slow down and do better. If Iām under 90% (happens rarely, at that point youāre looking at 80% word accuracy) then it means itās time to stop because Iāve likely been tilted off the face of the planet at that point.
90% @reichter Man thatās pretty high by my standards. 75% is when I start telling myself to focus better orā¦ idk focus better again. Itās hard to say āquit it and do something else for an hour,ā because I donāt have that sort of time. The time Iāve got for Wanikani is the time Iāve got. Iād say donāt sweat it if youāre averaging over 80%. Cheat if you need to for passing a level but let yourself make mistakes as you go to really figure out whatās not sticking.